Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus, the causal agent of European ash dieback

A Gross, O Holdenrieder, M Pautasso… - Molecular plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ascomycete H ymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (anamorph C halara fraxinea) causes a
lethal disease known as ash dieback on F raxinus excelsior and F raxinus angustifolia in E …

Fast and reliable molecular methods to detect fungal pathogens in woody plants

N Luchi, R Ioos, A Santini - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Plant diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms represent a serious threat to plant
productivity, food security, and natural ecosystems. An effective framework for early warning …

One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes

JB Stielow, CA Levesque, KA Seifert… - … and Evolution of …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The aim of this study was to assess potential candidate gene regions and corresponding
universal primer pairs as secondary DNA barcodes for the fungal kingdom, additional to ITS …

Phylogenetic and phylogenomic overview of the Polyporales

M Binder, A Justo, R Riley, A Salamov… - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
We present a phylogenetic and phylogenomic overview of the Polyporales. The newly
sequenced genomes of Bjerkandera adusta, Ganoderma sp., and Phlebia brevispora are …

Goodbye morphology? A paradigm shift in the delimitation of species in lichenized fungi

HT Lumbsch, SD Leavitt - Fungal Diversity, 2011 - Springer
Accurate species delimitations are crucial for ecological and conservation studies,
assessments of biotic diversity, and identifying factors driving diversification. Estimates …

A comprehensive fungi-specific 18S rRNA gene sequence primer toolkit suited for diverse research issues and sequencing platforms

S Banos, G Lentendu, A Kopf, T Wubet, FO Glöckner… - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Background Several fungi-specific primers target the 18S rRNA gene sequence, one of the
prominent markers for fungal classification. The design of most primers goes back to the last …

Genome-based classification of Burkholderia cepacia complex provides new insight into its taxonomic status

Y Jin, J Zhou, J Zhou, M Hu, Q Zhang, N Kong, H Ren… - Biology Direct, 2020 - Springer
Background Accurate classification of different Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) species
is essential for therapy, prognosis assessment and research. The taxonomic status of BCC …

Chalara fraxinea is an invasive pathogen in France

C Husson, B Scala, O Caël, P Frey, N Feau… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Decline induced by Chalara fraxinea is an emerging disease that severely affects ash
stands in Europe. The disease appears to have an invasive spread from East to West of …

Environmental genes and genomes: understanding the differences and challenges in the approaches and software for their analyses

ML Zepeda Mendoza, T Sicheritz-Ponten… - Briefings in …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
DNA-based taxonomic and functional profiling is widely used for the characterization of
organismal communities across a rapidly increasing array of research areas that include the …

β-tubulin paralogue tubC is frequently misidentified as the benA gene in Aspergillus section Nigri taxonomy: primer specificity testing and taxonomic consequences

V Hubka, M Kolarik - Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
β-tubulin (benA, tub-2) and calmodulin (caM) are crucial genes in the taxonomy of
Aspergillus section Nigri. Widely used β-tubulin primers are not specific for the benA gene …